Part of it is the EPA and other federal regulators treating small companies the same as the 4 oligopolists. https://nwmpa.com/epa-impact-statement/ https://nwm

Part of it is the EPA and other federal regulators treating small companies the same as the 4 oligopolists. https://nwmpa.com/epa-impact-statement/ https://nwmpa.com/epa-impact-statement/ We buy 1/2 a carcass worth of beef at a time from a small local place, and the cost is a lot better than costco. But we're worried at the immense pressure small shops like that are now under due to the enormous compliance costs for regulations that make little sense for the scale of work they do.